See the list here.

Some highlights:

- ASL Environmental Sciences Inc., Sidney BC: Full-time Bookkeeper

- AXYS Technologies, Inc: Accounting Clerk

- Bradshaw Property Management: Administrative Assistant, Handyperson – Maintenance

- Carmanah Technologies Corp.: Opto-Electronics Engineer, Financial Analyst

• Carmanah Technologiessigned a $400,000 deal with Marsh Harbour International Airport in Abaco, Bahamas, for approach, runway edge and taxi lights. Carmanah’s lights are part of runway expansions to handle increasing traffic at the airport.
• Saanichton-based Streetlight Intelligence Inc.  will get a chance to show off its cost-saving technology in 60 communities across Canada this year as part of a national demonstration program through the federal government. Natural Resources Canada will contribute $185,000 to local governments and Streetlight to install Lumen IQ adaptive lighting control systems, which remotely control streetlights.

Here’s is some of what he covered this week:

• Viking Air now has 41 orders for the Twin Otter aircraft.
• Victoria-based Columbia Fuels was sold for $34.5M.
• Lighthouse Brewery is ramping up it’s production.

Meaning: To be engaged in too many activities at once.

Example: We should have bid on that contract but we were caught with too many irons in the fire.

All idioms

This article (pdf)looks at the issue from a sales perspective but much of the information applies to job interviews as well.

Vancouver Island construction poised to boom - Times Colonist

Ocean and marine sector vital to B.C – Study shows it encompasses 167,000 jobs in the province — Times Colonist

Employers however can have a different view of hiring someone who appears to be overqualified. An article that ran in the Wall Street Journal looks at how people are paring down their resumes in order to lessen the appearance of being overqualified and sums up the fear of employers.

In the past eight months, Jamaica Eilbes, an information-technology recruiter for Milwaukee employment agency Manpower, has had to weed out more overqualified résumés than usual from the stacks that cross her desk each day. “I’d never feel comfortable putting a really high-level candidate into a lower level position,” says Ms. Eilbes, who recruits for Manpower and other clients. “We don’t want to take you on if we think you are going to jump ship.”

If you are applying for jobs that you are obviously over-qualified for you have a choice. You can try and prune your resume in an appropriate manner in order to re-frame your employment history or address the issue directly in a cover letter.

Meaning: Information that has newly become public.

Example: The budget forecast is hot off the press.

All idioms

This article does a nice job of detailing how you can protect yourselfand your identity while you look for work online.

3. Know how to spot bogus job ads.
Job-related identity theft scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Despite the best screening efforts used by career sites, scammers always find a way in. You might be looking at a fake job ad if it:
o Offers considerable pay with few to no duties
o Promises payment of wages in cash
o Contains no physical address or contact person
o Requires you to open a new bank account or accept company checks to “test” a wire transfer service

Craigslist has many local job listed but I believe you are better off ignoring postings that are anonymous.